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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wedding That Came Without Its Band, pp. 194-199, The Tallis Koton, pp. 199-207.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tevye go to see Layzar Wolf in Today's Children?
(a) He thinks Layzar wants to buy his brown cow.
(b) It is a social call, as Layzar and Tevye are friends.
(c) Layzar has ordered some dairy goods from him.
(d) He wants to arrange a marriage with Layzar and his daughter.

2. What causes the saleswoman to sit down on her basket and cry into her shawl?
(a) Her basket is overturned and her merchandise spoiled.
(b) She finds out that her husband has died.
(c) She is insulted by a goy.
(d) The Jews mock her and call her a beauty queen.

3. What is the name of the boy, who Etke reads the book Sanine with?
(a) Navaredok.
(b) Tendvka.
(c) His name is not given.
(d) Tashker.

4. What is the name of the secret police spy who informed on so many revolutionaries that is being discussed at Baranovich Station?
(a) Azef.
(b) Yudko.
(c) Berko.
(d) Purish.

5. Why do Beilke and Podhotzur leave for America?
(a) They leave to escape the riots.
(b) Podhotzur has family there and wants to live in New York.
(c) They go broke and flee their creditors.
(d) Podhotzur establishes a great business there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator and the Man from Buenos Aires drink for lunch?

2. What does Yoyl Tashker do for a living?

3. Why does the narrator choose to travel third class?

4. What class does the narrator generally take when he goes by trains?

5. Why is Tevye expelled from the village in Lekh-Lekho?

(see the answer key)

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